Essential Elements for Guitar, Book 1 (Music Instruction): Comprehensive Guitar Method

(essential Elements Guitar). Take Your Guitar Teaching To A New Level! Hal Leonard's Top-selling Comprehensive Method For Band And Strings Is Now Also Available For Guitar. With The Time-tested Classroom Teaching Methods Of Will Schmid And Bob Morris And Popular Songs In A Variety Of Styles, Essential Elements For Guitar Is Sure To Become A Staple Of Guitar Teachers' Instruction And Get Beginning Guitar Students Off To A Great Start. This Method Has Been Designed To Meet The National Standards For Music Education, With Features Such As Cross-curricular Activities, Quizzes, Multicultural Songs, Basic Improvisation And More. Concepts Covered In Book 1 Include: Getting Started; Basic Music Theory; Guitar Chords; Notes On Each String; Ensemble Playing; And Much More! Songs Used In Book 1 Include Such Hits As: Dust In The Wind * Eleanor Rigby * Every Breath You Take * Hey Jude * Hound Dog * Let It Be * Ode To Joy * Rock Around The Clock * Stand By Me * Surfin' Usa * Sweet Home Chicago * This Land Is Your Land * You Really Got Me * And More!